Carrie Martin plays her new song Beside the Evergreen Carrie Martin has a new album coming out. It will be released on CD and Vinyl on our own Psychotron label. In the meantime, here is a live rendition of one of the tracks off the forthcoming album: Evergreen. You can read our exclusive interview with […]
Carrie Martin Evergreen Interview Carrie Martin has a new album, Evergreen, coming out. Here at Psychotron, we are delighted that the physical release will be on our label. There will be a CD and a vinyl edition. In advance of the release of Evergreen, Carrie spoke to us about the journey, inspirations, collaborations, and heartache […]
When we first opened the shop a few years ago we had some T-shirts printed with the logo that hung over the doors of our space in the market. Occasionally someone has asked if they could buy one so we had a few more made. It never occurred to us to do much more than […]
Our Spirit of the Sixties range has a few festival inspired posters. As this is Glastonbury weekend (hard to believe with the sun shining), we are reflecting on where wonderful festival events originate. Festivals have inspired some wonderful art over the years and we have several posters that take their inspiration from festivals. We prefer […]
Seductive Sky by Carrie Martin is the latest release on the Psychotron Records label. A Gig in a Shop One of the great things about having a record label and a shop in the high street is the chance to put on an event. What better way to launch a wonderful collection of songs than […]
Psychotron Records celebrates another first with the concert at Lichfield Guildhall on July 18th 2017. Gordon Giltrap & Paul Ward took to the stage to celebrate the vinyl release of their album, ‘The Last of England’ – and what an amazing night it was. Over 120 people came to the concert: the first hour Gordon […]
The Holy Grail — Is it an Ozzy Osbourne acetate?? What a strange week this has been and all due to one record. Is this Ozzy Osbourne singing? Record dealers hunt for records in the hope that they will find something so rare and unusual – the Holy Grail moment if you like. Well Pete […]
Happy 1st Birthday Shop! Gordon Giltrap helps us to celebrate with an impromptu concert The Psychotron shop has almost been open for one full year – and what a great year it has been. Pete is a very happy shopkeeper, attracting people from all over the country to Sutton Coldfield Market Village. He loves to […]
We have been a fan of JULY since first discovering their legendary 60’s album in the late 70’s. It is such fabulous music and embodies all that was good about the late 60’s Psychedelic movement. Many albums from that period had a couple of nice songs but every track on their debut LP was a classic. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dub … Dub plates … Dubstep … What the Dub? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] So, I asked Pete “what the dub” where did this genre come from? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We followed on from our previous conversation about folk music and this is basically what followed: Where and when did “Dub” start? The Dub music sound came to prominence in […]
Buying and Selling at Record Fairs A regular outing for the vinyl emperor and his stock is to a record fair. These are great days out, despite the hard work of lugging boxes of records and early starts, as we get to meet old friends and make new ones. There is a lot of […]